The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1887-01-21


lifetime think Of Christ, In his dying mo-
n,eut he said. Lord believe; help Thou
piiuc unbelief Almighty God, whatever l
IA. accept me at the last for Christs sake.
THIS night shall be in JOY nnutterable- SO
Daniel Webster bowed at the manger. 50
Tie mighty mon of the East are followed by
fhs mighty men of the West.
NY subject also impresses me with the fact
that it was the winter season that God as
signed for the nativity of His Son Had It
been the month of May, that IS the season OF
blossoms; had it been the month Of June.
that Is the season OF roses; had 1t been the
month of July, that is the season of great
harvests; had it been the month OF Septem-
Der. that is the seasoned Of ripened orchards;
had it been the month of October, that Is
the season Of upholsterei forests, but II was
December. " hen all the flowers outdoors are
dead aud all the crops that have not been
Saih.red are perislied aud there are no
i7Iening fruits en- the hill, and the leaves
ars driven over tho bare earth In the
closing DAYS Of December, to show that this
Chi IS FOR people in sharp blasts, Tor peo-
rie Of frostei hopes, for people under dark
skies, for PEOPLE with the thermometer Do
lew zero, Tor eople showed under. Christ
ht ard In His memory the wind whistllns
around the Bethlehem cararansary. and lie
Is in sympafhy with those who in their pow
eriy hear the shutters chatter on cold n ght.
That was the Christ Washington and his
army worshipped when they lay down without
! blankets in the De aembcr snow. That was the
Christ that th, Pilgrim Fathers appealed to
when the MdWioirer wharied at plymouth
Ro.k, AMI for years after that December
/ landing the graves digged were more in num-
Der than the kouses built. Not fair weather
/ Christ, but n December Christ Oh. ihe
world wants to &c solaced and s'othed and
| llliabic in the arms OF SYM a hetic onnip-
otencc and no mother ever with more ten
I daricss pIs her foot ca the 70, ker Of a cradle
| to hush a 81 < Child than .he tenderness Of
1 this Chrst tofses 70 our Invalid world, and
lie rocks It int) placidiiy and quiet with tie
words: My pea,e give unto you; not as
the world giveth, give ! unto you.' Oh, re
burlol bearers, oh, We persscuted and tired
aud heartbrokcn, declare TO you De-ein-
I Der Christ.
But hero is n fact which many seem to for
get, perhaps all forget-my subject i'm
presses ne with the fact that Christ wa
born amid the shop, aud the cattle and the
horses, ard tLe canals that lie might be the
alienation If the wholo brute creation.
Mercy for oyerdfiven, urdcrf@d poorly shell
tered, outraged bruts creation 10 you think
flat the Chr;st who compared Himself To
dove has no indignation al the crGeltirs Of
pigeon sliootingi Do you think that tho
Christ who compared Himself t, 4 lamb has
no Indignation ct the rough tying AMI the
eontoriion OF the sheep and tho hanging Of
il-lT IeShOfel TIE SahT u CiA.t1l tlt ouhNIHA >
cart, and tho cattle tram from Omaha to
Now York, with no water il sl.nIrcr time,
-, s0D miles Of agonyi DO you think that
the Christ who said: Go TO tha ant, does
not notice tho trSnsfixHl insects, 10 you
think That the Christ whose tax was paid by
the fish does not roti-e tic tossing Of fin in
the fish marlet. D. You think that the
Christ who ;ail. .Iiehold tie foyyis OF the
mir. hath no sympathy with the brute crel-
I on that cannot nrticulAte it, grief. Christ,
bonn in a stable that 10 might b. The Sa-
viour. not only OF ;hs human race but the
alienation of all the panss aud Lardships
OF the brute creation
Ia the miienial tine child IS to lead n
lion and 10 PLAY with cocatriee only be
cause brute and reptile viii have no mora
oatrages 10 aVepge. The Lamb OF God gave
its first bleat amid tho tired fioclss of Beth
Iehem. The white horse Of eternal victory
stabbed 10 q barn When You treal on the
brute creation you tro5d on God Christ
horn amid tho beasts that lie might syInpn-
tiize with the b-ast', al help tis he1st5, aud
thunder HIS iuiignRtinn AID HIS wrath
against H,en who obuSe the beasts
! noti.e also. IL this wonderful s.cry OF the
text tbr-e Christmas presents brought to
Christ -Isst thre4 Coll. myrrh, franklin
cerss Gold brought to Christ What does
that meant 1t means til. a'iiueuse Of tie
worl,i Is going to be SURRENDERED to Jesus
Tor lack az money no more asYlums limpiug
on their Kay Ike the inya;ids they support
or feeling their slow way like the blind Wilma
they shclier. Miiiio,s cf dollars for Christ
there are NOW tho sands Of dollars Rail-
road companies GAINED by Christian $40 K
/ holders and controlled iy Chi stian direc-
tors and carrying ireisnrs an PASSENGER at
Christian prices. Bank Of England, Bourse
Of Ffancc and U. g. Treasury, all the worlds
moncyed institutions for Christ. The gold
for Christ No-othsr meaning to It The
eoll no-s=sesp iz-1 tho way ror
| Narr and Josonh and the divine
refugee in Egypt than the gold shall pay the
way for Christ all 'round tho world Tho
! COLL for Christ, the silver for Christ. the
Z! iewsls for Christ. Our great round, beau
/ tifnl world like solitaire set on the bosom
OF Christ All His, and He is worthy
/ But the second Christmas presont was
the my,Th Why the niyrrhi The cattle
snufTed it, but dill not eat it IL
WIS too bitter. Why tue ryrrh. Why this
punsent gum resin OF Abysiunia brought for
Christ Il meant bitterness. Bitterness of
betrayal, bitterness Il persecution, bitterness
u DAYS o. suffering and nights Of anguish.
Myrrb. That is what they put into His cup
wneu He was dying. Myrrh- That Is what
the women wranped IN the shroud Of the cru
CITED Christ. Myrrh. Aye, says the psalmist,
"ali thy garments smell of niyrrh- Oh the
heighth, the depth, the length, the breadth
OF a Saviour S sorrow- No wonder the wise
men brought myrrh But there was one
other thing they brought They shook out
the rafters of the barn the perfume rose and
1t foatei out TO the furthest room, where
the hostier and TIE camel drivers were
piaress and it foated out into the open
air, and people pass ne by that night won.
derel and said. who could have broken box
Of alabaster at that place BY accident, Frank.
incense. That was what they put on the cen.
IN n AMI MA nj tffrr ai
Frankincense. That means worship. Fsank-
cense. Tha1 j. what we snake out from our
sons this day until the nostrils of Chri
once crinsonei with the hemorrhage OF the
cro-s arc flied with the perfume OF a worlds
ndorati0n. fTankincense. That IS TO till all
the homes and all tie churches AMI all tho
nations and all the worlds From deepest
cellar Of sta,actitc cave clear M to the silye.
rafters OF the sunlit dome. Frankincense
Put it in the song, and the sermon, and the
prayer. Franklin ,cnss. No wonder they
brought it. No wouder they put it down at
the Ieet Of Christ But do you know
how these Genes were employed,
AMI how the ffankinceiise was
burnett Here is a iretal pan, and here is the
handle by which il is held. This metal pan
IS fiilei with living Goals On the top of 1t i
mt perforated cover. The frankincense Is
brought 10 the temple in a luare box. The
frnnkircense is taEen ont and sprinkled over
put on, and ther wait for ths beginning
Of the service. When they arr all ready
all the covers are lifted from all the censers
and the ancient temple was filed with the
perfume. Ii ioatei up am the arches, Il
dropped amid the affairs. On the top Of the
temple 10 arose in column TO the throne OF
Col And 50 II is today. | have two
ccuscrss Herr il the censor Of earthly frank
in@ensc and here is the oe1ser OF heavenly
frankincensc. First OF all. the censor OF earth
" frankin,ensa- Conc, people Of God, and
Ein. on it your tbanks-thanks for the mer-
cies OF the rast year, thanks for the mercies
OF all the years-in iiti l1al rsercies, family
nicrcieS. national nier les Bring on more
ceasefs Ths1 le. the perfume lost ~ 10
the throne o. Go Allclaia alleluia Amen
Eu, here is The other censer-the censor Of
Heavenly frankinccnse. Let all the re-
deemed bring their tianss and put them
on this censor. lie. tho cLsrubim bring
ihoirs, let tue seraphim bring theirs let the
ono hundred and forty and four thousand
bring theirs lot all tho eternit;eS bring theirs.
an then tako these two ccnsers and Iswius.
Them before tho throne Of God and me
LAMB, and then cla-h them together in one
great aiieluia unto him to whom tbe viss
men Of the East brought their cold ami
myrrh and fraBkinccnse when the star that
they saw in the East went before them.
YouSG DYKE, OF Akron, Ohio, being
very hard mp, began making miniature